Extrapolation in risk assessment: Improving the quantification of uncertainty, and improving information to reduce the uncertainty

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 177-192

  Goodman, Daniel ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical Bayes; Extrapolation; Hierarchical Bayes; Meta analysis; Risk assessment; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042814896     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20028091056818     Document Type: Conference Paper

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